420 Suarp—On New Zealand Coleoptera. 
Epitimetes wakefieldi, n. sp.—Niger, indumento sordido fusco-squamoso ; pro- 
thorace latiusculo antennis angustato ante medium foveolato; elytris apicem versus 
obsolete tuberculatis. Long. 8 m.m. 
The whole surface is covered by a mixture of exudation and scales, giving it an 
uniform dark colour, the sete projecting through this clothing ; the second and 
third joimts of the antennz are slender and elongate, subequal in length; the 
very short thick rostrum is a little depressed between the eyes and carinate along 
the middle; the thorax is broad, not narrowed at the base, but rather abruptly 
narrowed in front: it is rugose, and has a vague depression along the middle, 
which near the front becomes conspicuous, it is also a little depressed on either 
side; the elytra are broader than the thorax, and have the third, fifth, and 
seventh interstices a little raised ; this elevation terminates as a slight tubercle on 
the third and fifth interstices in front of the declivous apex; and, on the fifth, 
there is another small tubercle behind the front one; the seventh interstice has no 
tubercle behind, but, at the shoulder becomes so strongly raised as to form a lateral 
margin: the serial punctuation is obscured by the clothing. 
Christchurch. C. M. Wakefield, Esq. Though very different in form from EK. lutosus, Pascoe, 
this species seems quite to agree with it structurally. 
Praryomipa, White. 
Platyomida coronata, n. sp.—Convexa, nigra, dense griseo-squamosa, inter- 
dum subolivaceo-tincta; prothorace rugoso; elytris tuberculis prominulis sex 
ornatis. Long. 6-8 mm. (Plate xm, fig. 12.) 
Antenne elongate and slender, scape squamose and setose, second and third 
joints elongate, the former rather the longer, club very elongate oval, rostrum 
carinate on middle, eyes sub-convex; thorax much narrower than the elytra, 
surface rugose, densely squamose; elytra convex, obliquely narrowed at the 
shoulders to the base of the thorax, the surface a little uneven, in addition to the 
circle of tubercles there being a slight elevation of the third interstice at the base, 
and also one or two other less distinct elevations, the third interstice bears on the 
middle a rather small tubercle, and behind it a much more elongate one, while the 
fifth interstice bears another tubercle, the surface is densely squamose, and also 
bears coarse sete, which are more concentrated on the tubercles; the rows of 
punctures are rather coarse, but are rendered indistinct by the squamosity ; the 
anterior tibiee are slender and flexuose. 
Greymouth. Helms, No. 31.- This has been sent in considerable number; and, according to a 
pair sent separately by Mr. Helms as representing the sexes the female has the elytra more inflated, 
and the tubercles rather less prominent; but this may not be constant, as I find the two characters do 
not always go together. 
The serobe in th’s species is not so elongate as in the typical species of the genus; but I do not 
think this sufficient for generic differentiation. 
